Brussels, 24/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - The own initiative report by Dana Rosemary Scallon (EPP-ED, Ireland) on the Commission's 2001 Annual Report on the Cohesion Funds, adopted by the plenary last week, focusses on two countries, Ireland (which will stop receiving money from the Cohesion Fund in 2003 because it has now passed the threshold of 90% of the EU15's average revenue) and Portugal (whose payments may be suspended given its 4.1% deficit in 2001).
The Berlin European Council...